I looked outside and saw masses of cars honking like crazy and waving Algerian flags out the windows. And I had to ask myself why.
Oh. That’s why.
Algeria became the last African nation to qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals on Wednesday, beating Egypt 1-0 in a bruising playoff in neutral Sudan. The breakthrough came in the 40th minute, when defender Antar Yahya’s volley clipped the bar and ducked in from a long cross from Karim Ziani.
Let the games begin…